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I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ.

I'd be saying, 'No, I'm so not a DJ, I'm a producer.' But no matter how much faith you may have in yourself, until you have a hit you can't really run around telling everyone you're a producer.

I'm a DJ, but I'm also a ridiculously high-grossing musician due to doing productions.

Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are.

I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs. It's such a different art form. Then all of a sudden you try it, and you think, 'Good God, these guys do work.' I used to be very cynical and very blase about it. I can only apologize.

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer.

I can read a crowd pretty well. I know what to play and know how to keep it interesting for them and for myself as well. Most of the other DJs are more like producers so they become famous because they make hits and then they start DJ-ing. But I'm more from the other way around.